ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,146, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Center console for a vehicle" was invented by Joerg Stephan (Pulheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center console for a vehicle, having at least one rearwardly situated armrest and having at least one functional unit. In order to enable an existing structural space to be utilized optimally, and at the same time optimize the center console with regard to its storage space, the functional unit is mounted to be linearly movable between a rearward rest position, in which the functional unit is arranged at least predominantly under the arm...